Kamaaluddin wa Tamaamun Ni’ma Vol. 1

Author: Shaykh as-Saduq

Translator: Sayyid Athar Husayn S.H. Rizvi

Publisher: Az-Zahra Publications - Mumbai

Now it is about 12 centuries passed from Imam Mahdi's hidden life, and the bothering time of his hidden life will continue up to his reappearance. According to imam Ridha (as), Imam's reappearance will be extended to the day of Doom, no one knows this but God, it is hard to people and it will happen suddenly. Therefore, any investigation to find the exact time of his reappearance is fruitless and our duty is to wait. The meaning of "waiting for" is to desire his reappearance desperately and looking forward to his reappearance; this waiting results from faith and it is rewarded. In addition, it has spiritual values. Waiting for him, like other religious practices, has practical aspects which is pointed out by our infallibles. Following infallibles' orders in this regard is the duty of people who live in the time of his hidden life. The book deals with the personality of the Hidden Imam, his occultation and everything related to him in an analytical and systematic manner and is penetrating in its subject and exceptional in its domain. Shaikh Saduq has presented strong arguments from the life-story of the Prophets regarding their occultation [ghaibah] to prove the occultation of the Twelfth Imam; and Ahadith have been quoted extensively from the Holy Prophet sawa and the Infallible Imams in support of the writer's contentions.

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Chapters

  1. Preface
  2. Kamaaluddin Wa Tamaamun Ni’ma (Perfection of faith and completion of favor)
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: Regarding the Occultation of Prophet Idrees
  5. Chapter 2: Reappearance of Prophet Nuh
  6. Chapter 3: Regarding the Occultation of Prophet Salih
  7. Chapter 4: Regarding the Occultation of Prophet Ibrahim
  8. Chapter 5: Regarding the Occultation of Prophet Yusuf
  9. Chapter 6: Regarding the Occultation of Prophet Musa
  10. Chapter 7: Account of the death of Prophet Musa, occultation of Successors and Divine Proofs till the period of Prophet Isa
  11. Chapter 8: Prophecies made by Isa about the advent of Prophet Muhammad
  12. Chapter 9: Report of Salman Farsi regarding the advent of Prophet Muhammad
  13. Chapter 10: Report about Quss bin Saidatul Iyadi
  14. Chapter 11: Regarding the report of Tubba
  15. Chapter 12: Report about Abdul Muttalib and Abu Talib
  16. Chapter 13: Report of Saif bin Zi Yazan
  17. Chapter 14: Report of Bahira the Monk
  18. Chapter 15: Report of Khalid bin Usaid Regarding what the great monk enroute to Syria said about the Prophet
  19. Chapter 16: Report of Abul Moheeb, the Recluse
  20. Chapter 17: Report of Satih the Soothsayer
  21. Chapter 18: Report of Yusuf the Jew about the Holy Prophet (S)
  22. Chapter 19: Report Ibne Hawash al-Muqbil of Damascus
  23. Chapter 20: Report of Zaid bin Amr bin Nufayl
  24. Chapter 21: Necessity of Imam in Every Age
  25. Chapter 22: Continuation of successorship from Prophet Adam (a.s.)
  26. Chapter 23: Nass of the Almighty Allah for al-Qaim and that he is the Twelfth Imam
  27. Chapter 24: Nass of the Prophet for al-Qaim and that he is the twelfth Imam
  28. Chapter 25: Statements of the Holy Prophet (S) regarding the occurrence of Ghaibat
  29. Chapter 26: Statements of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) regarding the occurrence of Ghaibat of the Twelfth Imam
  30. Chapter 27: Narration of Lady Fatima Zahra
  31. Chapter 28: Nass for the Qaim in the Tablet that Allah gave to His Messenger
  32. Chapter 29: Statements of al-Hasan bin Ali (a.s.) regarding the occurrence of Ghaibat of al-Qaim and that he is the Twelfth Imam

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